A Study In Bark

My gaze follows the maps of their spines in those subtle pines.

This is a short piece which departs slightly from my usual style. Here, I integrate photography into my poetic prose. You see, reader, I have become quite obsessed with bark. Those tree-wrappings which differ so have driven me into quite the euphoric glow. As I search those lines that wrap themselves between, among, and within the tree rind, I find myse…